Jaku botnet targets engineers, scientists and academics – and likely comes from North Korea

Security researchers have discovered that an ongoing botnet campaign is specifically targeting scientists, academics, engineering firm employees, government employees and members of international non-governmental organisations (NGO).

Forcepoint Security Labs says in its latest report that the Jaku botnet has so far claimed an estimated 19,000 unique victims, 42% of which are located in South Korea, while 31% are located in Japan, 9% in China and 6% in US. The remaining 12% are located in 130 other countries.

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